Although 2010 didn’t herald any great advancement of gifted education in Ireland, it was a watershed year for Dazzled and Frazzled! 2010 marked the year when we found our way to be a voice for gifted learners in Ireland. In January we took part in th... ...
This excellent piece first appeared yesterday on the Guardian Science Blog. It is written by Alom Shaha, a physics teacher in the UK, and he asks simply "where have all the passionate physics teachers gone" and pleas for more physicists to become teach... ...
As we all know, singing a song can be a great way of retaining vocabulary, reinforcing sentence structure and hooking young people into language learning. This year's crop of trainee teachers in MFL at Liverpool Hope University have been doing... ...
In today's Irish Times, Education Editor Seán Flynn takes at how Ireland fares in the most recent OECD report - and apparent we're not "ticking all the right boxes". The latest OECD findings expose the Irish education system for what it is – a lot l... ...
It might be cliché, but it is nevertheless true. A picture speaks a thousand words. How We Learn This is of course not to say that words are less important than pictures. But it’s useful to remind ourselves that our brains are essentially twofold, made up of the left hemisphere, which is often described as ...
Our esteemed English department colleagues over at SCC English has been shortlisted in three categories in this year's Edublog Awards. The winners are decided by a public vote and voting is now open! SCC English is shortlisted in the following categor... ...
Easy Grade Pro is a suite of software, from Orbis Software designed for educators at all levels and institutions who want powerful but easy to use tools to manage their student results, homework, attendance, efforts and other information. This suite c... ...
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has nearly completed a consultation process on ideas for a revised Junior Cycle for our secondary schools. Our GAS group discussed this process at our recent meetings and after many pots... ...
I must admit, I am feeling particularly lucky to be teaching in St. Columba's College this week. While the snow does mean that getting in and out of the college is practically impossible (given its elevated position on the foot of the Dublin Mountains)... ...
The snow in the UK has really kicked in this week and many, many schools are closed – I thought we could take the opportunity to create some learning resources related to the conditions. I discovered this list of snow depths but then thought perhaps we could simply crowd-source some accurate data from colleagues across ...